US futures show little reaction to durable goods

U.S. stock index futures held to negative figures on Friday despite a rebound in the durable goods report, with ongoing troubles in Ukraine and Gaza in focus and a more than 10 percent decline in Amazon stock in after-hours trading weighing on sentiment.

Orders for durable goods beat expectations with an increase of 0.7 percent in June versus a 1.0 percent decline in May.

The European Union is mulling measures to curb Russia access to the capital markets, after the downing of the Malaysia Airlines passenger jet over eastern Ukraine last week. Adding to tensions, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk announced his resignation on Thursday, after two parties pulled out of the governing coalition.

Friday will be a quiet day for second-quarter earnings season, with eyes only on Xerox, which reported before the bell a profit that fell 1.9 percent in its second quarter and beat analysts' expectations.